Changing concept of childhod QUESTION
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- Discuss the changing concept of childhood (15 marks)
- 1. Childhood is not fixed - it varies from culture to culture and over time
- 2. Children today are seen as vulnerable and a number of laws have been passed to protect them - Children Act, Every Child Matters - in the past they were regarded as an economic asset
- 3. Other laws define childhood - Drinking, smoking, sex
- Confusion over the definition of childhood: marry at 16, vote at 18, sex at 16, but drink at 18
- 4. In recent years children have increasingly been pressured into being young adults at an earlier age through media pressure
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